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Category: leadership in action

move forward

Why you need to move forward to succeed

You probably know that sharks breathe using their gills.  As fresh water passes in to the shark’s mouth and over the gills, this animal’s unique aquatic physiology allows it to absorb oxygen from the water and send it to life-sustaining

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take action

Take action: why leadership starts with getting involved

There was a hole in the pathway where two bricks came loose and were subsequently kicked away.  People walked past that hole all day.  As they noticed it, many commented on how it was a tripping hazard, how someone should

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A leadership lesson from monarch butterflies

Every fall, millions of monarch butterflies leave their summer homes in Canada and the northern United States and travel over 3,000 miles south to their winter home in the mountains of central Mexico. Even though the journey is long and

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selling

Selling is everyone’s job. Yes, leaders too!

“I am not a salesperson!” said a client leader recently.  It was in response to my suggestion that he invest energy and effort into “selling” his recommended approach to his boss and peers.  His answer carried a hint of disdain,

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leadership messages

What leadership messages are you (inadvertently) sending? Or when does duct tape become good enough?

  This happened a couple of weeks ago, and it made me think about whether we expect enough from our people, and what leadership messages we may be deliberately or inadvertently sending to them. When duct tape becomes good enough

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take action

Leaders, take action to “weed your garden”

I often blog about how it’s important for leaders to take action, even if it may not be comfortable or easy.  My continued musings about my little garden on my terrace led to yet another metaphor that illustrates this essential

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